Paper box



(No Model.)

0. SCHWARTZ PAPER BOX.

No. 407,494. Patented July 23, 1889.

WITN E5 5 E5 M INVENTEIR Mam) N4 PETERS Pholu-Lilhugmpher. Washinglon,D. C.

UNITED STATES CHARLES SCHWVARTZ, OF

BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed May 10, 1889.

T0 at whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES SCHWARTZ, of Brooklyn, county of Kings,State of New York, have invented an Improved Paper Box, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a paperbox made from one continuous foldedpiece of paper, which is held intact without glue or other fasteners.

The invention consists in the various features of improvement morefnllypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved paper box. Fig. 2 is a section on line so a}, Fig. 1, beforethe tong is folded down. Fig. 3 is a similar section after the tong isfolded. Fig. 4 is a plan of the blank. Fig. 5 is a section on line y 1Fig. 4.

In making my improved box I first cut out a blank of the form shown inFig. 4. This blank has three flaps a b c at its right-hand side, andthree corresponding flaps to Z) c at its'lefthand side. Beyond the flap0 there projects upwardly the cover-formin g flap d. The blank iscreased on lines drawn across it to join the top lines of each flap,these creases being marked 0 b a. The central flaps b are somewhatlonger than the end flaps ac. The flaps b are provided with a creasedline b at a short distance from and parallel to their outer edge, whichdivides off the margin b Directly inside of the line b there are formedin each flap b apair of slots 19 These slots may be connected in eachflap, if desired, to form one continuous long slot, as indicated by thedotted connecting-lines on the right-hand side of Fig. 4. From the upperedge of each flap 0 there projects upwardly a tong c A similar tong aprojects downwardly from the lower edge of each flap a. The lines thatdivide these tongs from their flaps should also be creased. It will beseen that in the blank the tongs stand at right angles to the slots thatis to say, the edges from which the tongs project on flaps a c are atright angles to the Patent No. 407,494, dated July 23, 1889.

Serial No. 310,245. (No model.)

edges of flaps b, to which the slots are parallel. Greased lines (1should also be drawn in continuation about of the edges of cover d,across the blank. Another creased line (1 forms a flap at the end of thecover. The blank, being thus prepared, may be readily folded to form abox. It is first bent up on the lines I) a, and the flaps c a on eachside are folded inward. The flaps b are folded up on lines d againstflaps a c,and the tongs c a on each side of the box are slipped throughthe slots b on the same side, as shown in Fig. 2. Next, the tongs andthe margins 12 are folded down, as in Fig. 3. The box will be completedafter the cover has been folded down.

The sections in margins b opposite slots I), ma be ressed downward as inFi 5 to form seats for the tongs 0 a Thus in the box, when completed,the surfaces of the tongs will be flush with the margins b What I claimis 1. A paper box formed of a continuous blank, cut out to form threelaterally-projecting flaps at each side, the central flaps beingprovided with slots and with a creased margin b and the end flaps beingprovided with tongs that engage said slots, the margin b being adaptedto fold over the end flaps, sub stantially as specified.

2. A paper box formed of a continuous blank, cut out to form threelaterally-projecting flaps a b c at each side, and an upwardlyprojectingcover-forming flap d, the central flaps I) being provided with slots anda creased margin, andthe end flaps being provided with tongs adapted toengage said slots, the blank being creased in continuation of the linesof flaps d and in continuation of the upper edges of the threelaterally-projecting flaps, substantially as specified.

UH. SCHWARTZ.

Witnesses:

HENRY E. RoEDER, F. v. BRIEsEN.

